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Update on porous pavement implementation in NYC

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Council Member Gennaro inquires about the city's progress on constructing porous pavement lanes as part of Plan NYC. Deputy Commissioner Licata provides a detailed update on the current status and future plans for porous pavement implementation in Brooklyn and The Bronx.

20,000 linear feet out of 38,000 linear feet have been constructed in Brooklyn
Two additional projects totaling 142,000 linear feet will be bid this year
About 100,000 linear feet are in design, with 50,000 linear feet planned for The Bronx
Porous pavement is being used in areas with high bedrock but not too high, allowing for shallower digging compared to rain gardens

James F. Gennaro

2:04:31

Plan y c committed the city to constructing 300,000 feet, probably square feet, of porous parking lanes or oh, alright.

2:04:44

No.

2:04:44

No.

2:04:45

Not square feet because we're talking like lanes of constructing three three hundred thousand feet of porous is it parking lanes?

2:04:55

It would be like parking lots or we're talking about like lane miles?

2:04:59

What's that?

2:05:01

Oh, lane miles or whatever.

2:05:04

To capture stormwater in The Bronx and Brooklyn, can you provide an update on the city's progress towards towards that toward towards the construction of porous, you know, porous porous pavement lanes.

2:05:25

I messed that one up, but I think I I I think you got I think you got most of it.

2:05:29

You got the gist of it.

2:05:31

How are we doing on the porous pavement?

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Plan y c.

Angela Licata

2:05:34

So happy you asked.

2:05:36

We do have plans for 330,000 linear feet of porous, and the statuses are varying.

2:05:47

Last year we began construction on our first large scale porous pavement contract in Brooklyn, and 20,000 linear feet have been constructed out of 38,000 linear feet.

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We have another project which will be bid, actually two additional projects, which will result in 142,000 linear feet that we'll bid this year.

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And then we have about another 100,000 linear feet in design and about 50,000 linear feet planned for design in The Bronx.

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So that is our strategy for taking the poorest pavement in areas of The Bronx where we have had some high bedrock, but not too high, where we can actually be able to dig a little more shallowly than our rain gardens, which we talked about earlier, being five feet.

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These are only going down to about two feet.

James F. Gennaro

2:06:47

Right.

2:06:48

Thank you.

2:06:49

Thank you.

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